People Will Like Anything Called ‘the New iPhone’

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People Will Like Anything Called ‘the New iPhone’

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Social scientist and late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel recently conducted a classic experiment, asking unsuspecting pedestrians to comment on the new iPhone 5, which was actually an old iPhone 4S.

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